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The following appeals were recently filed with the Parking Department. Appeals are adjudicated by the Parking Commission. ***
“I honestly had no knowledge that we now have to pay to park on Elm Street. I never received mail on the new changes and rarely go on the computer. I never noticed the new signs you say are posted.
The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A Norwalk woman who said she was unaware that parking on Elm Street had recently changed from free to paid had her $30 ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote at the appointed body’s most recent meeting. Vienna Bandur received Citation #97642667 on June 16 at 10:05 a.m. on Elm Street, issued by a parking enforcement officer in the Elm/South Street zone. In a written appeal submitted to Parking Manager Kevin O’Connor, Bandur said she had come to town to meet a friend for coffee and was parked for approximately 30 to 40 minutes. “I do not live in New Canaan and was unaware that the parking on Elm Street had recently transitioned from free parking to metered parking,” Bandur wrote.
The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A North Stamford mother of two who said she did not realize the section of the Playhouse Lot where she parked required payment had her $30 ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote at its most recent meeting.
Valerie Storr, told commissioners July 8 that she had just come from a pediatrician’s appointment with her young children and was trying out the New Canaan office for the first time. She received a ticket on June 16 at 2:37 p.m. in the Playhouse Lot. In a written appeal, Storr said she had not noticed the upper and lower portions of the lot were different. “I’m very sorry.
The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A Stamford woman who said she had not visited downtown New Canaan since the town installed parking meters had her $60 ticket voided unanimously by the Parking Commission at its most recent meeting, after raising a pointed question about the visibility of the signs on Elm Street. Catherine Galvin received a ticket at 2:49 p.m. on March 30 on Elm Street. The base ticket amount of $30 had since escalated to $60 due to nonpayment. In a written appeal submitted to the Commission prior to its July 8 meeting, she said she had come to town to shop and walked directly into the store in front of her without noticing any signage.
A Norwalk woman who said she was unaware that parking on Elm Street had changed from free to paid had her ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote. Vienna Bandur received a $30 ticket at 10:05 a.m. on June 16 on Elm Street, issued in the Elm/South Street zone. In a written appeal submitted to the Parking Bureau, Bandur said she’d come to town to meet a friend for coffee and was parked for approximately 30 to 40 minutes. “I do not live in New Canaan and was unaware that the parking on Elm Street had recently transitioned from free parking to metered parking,” Bandur said in her appeal. “There were no physical meters at the space where I parked or markings on the parking spot itself, and there was no signage indicating payment was required immediately in front of or near the spot, although, in hindsight, I did see that there were signs farther down the street, which I unfortunately overlooked.”